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Nürburgring Honors Sabine Schmitz’s Memory, Names Corner After Her

When drivers racing in endurance races at the Nürburgring’s combined track are coming off of the Grand Prix circuit and returning to the old Nordschleife, the first corner they encounter will be the “Sabine-Schmitz-Kurve.” The owners of the famed track announced today that the corner will officially be inaugurated in September at the ROWE 6 Hours ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen.

The corner is named in honor of Sabine Schmitz, the “Queen of the Nordschleife” who, by some estimates, had driven more than 33,000 laps of the 12.9-mile (20 km) track. Those laps were sometimes used to welcome people to the Nürburgring as the driver of the BMW ring taxi, and others were on her way to victory. Winning the 24h of Nürburgring twice (1996 and 1997), she was the first and remains the only woman to win the legendary race.

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“Sabine Schmitz was the ambassador of the Nürburgring. Her name was mentioned around the globe in the same breath as our race track,” says Mirco Markfort, Nürburgring Managing Director. “It still stands for what defines the Nürburgring: the close connection to the region, the close proximity to the fans and the passionate commitment.”

Her connection to the track extended beyond her laps, though. Born in Adenau, Schmitz grew up around Nürburg and lived so close to the track that she had no choice but to interact with it. Nürburgring officials report that she sometimes even had to drive over the track to get her grandmother to the hairdresser. Sadly, in March, at the age of just 51, Schmitz lost her battle with cancer.

Schmitz has been given “the greatest honor” a race track can lay on a person, a corner in their name. More than just the first corner on the way back onto the Nordschleife, the Sabine-Schmitz-Kurve is located on the outskirts of Nürburg, where Schmitz grew up. The corner is a fitting tribute to one of the best-loved drivers in motorsports.

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Jay-Z And Beyonce Rumored To Be The Mystery Commissioners Behind Rolls-Royce’s $28M Boat Tail

Last week, Rolls-Royce unveiled the Boat Tail, a $28 million coachbuilt convertible with an extravagant hosting suite in the trunk limited to three units. They never mentioned the names of any of the three commissioners, but news outlets such as The Telegraph have reason to believe the couple behind the inaugural example is none other than that of Jay-Z and Beyonce.

At first it may sound like baseless speculation, but there is actually some pretty convincing evidence in favor of this theory. First, Rolls-Royce mentioned that a compartment in the Boat Tail’s trunk has been specifically designed to house a bottle of Armand de Brignac chilled precisely to six degrees Celsius, as it was the client’s favorite champagne. Coincidentally, Jay-Z had apparently sold a 50 percent stake in the beverage company earlier this year.

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Second, the car is supposed to evoke the scenic roads of the Cote D’Azur, which happens to be a place the celebrity couple frequently visits and supposedly enjoys outdoor picnics, which would explain the hosting suite in the trunk.

Rolls-Royce head of coachbuild design Alex Innes further alluded to that, saying, “I enjoyed many meetings with the owner and his wife at their home – they were wonderfully welcoming. They like to serve food in the mezze style, so we talked about the sense of hosting and grandeur which had to be part of this car. We road tested with everything on board at 155mph, just to ensure there are no rattles.”

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Finally, the Boat Tail is finished in a plethora of different blues all throughout the car, however one specific shade in the interior is apparently called Blue Ivy, which is also the name of Jay-Z and Beyonce’s nine-year-old daughter. The Telegraph’s industry sources also reported that Jay-Z signed the underside of the Rolls-Royce motif on the grille, Beyonce signed underneath the rear badge, and both left their signatures on the engine manifold.

Rolls-Royce also mentioned that this first Boat Tail is going to a client who has just had a 1932 Boat Tail restored, but it is unknown if the couple is in possession of one. We reached out to them in hopes of some more information, however they declined to comment on the matter.

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